I get mail often from a few right-wing friends and family members. This morning while waiting for confirmation that Biden was Obama's VP choice, I received another. This one exhorts Christians to watch a short video of Barack Obama "mocking the Bible." The email breathlessly exclaims that Christians need to "stand up," and suggests that the video must be watched soon and the email forwarded quickly in expectation that the video will be taken down. So I watched the video and found it to be pretty much what I'd expected. I did not expect to be as outraged and offended by the video as I was, however. More than outrage, I have to say I am ashamed that anyone would let themselves and their religion be used so blatantly as a tool to advance a political smear campaign against against a fellow believer, against his faith. I would have a difficult time accepting that people really find hooey like this convincing, were it not for the evidence to the contrary piling up in my inbox in the form of many other emails containing similar warnings to Americans about Obama, and which are also based on easily-debunked lies and mischaracterizations about Obama.
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